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S ecification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uly 20, 1915.

Application filed April 2, 1915. Serial No. 18,717.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FVAsYL T. LAPUK, a subject of the Emperor Austria-Hungary, residing at Goodeve, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bombs, which the following is a spec iements in bombs. oi the lllYEntlOIl is to provide a form of a spherical member in- ;plode.

ii fruit-her object of the invention is to provide a bomb including a centrally-dis- :aQSECl sire member with radial cartridges containing shrapnel or other forms "es with signing-controlled means posi nel exterior-iv of the bomb whereby hen the same contacts an object, the centrally-disposed explosive will cause the radial cartridges to be fired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a bomb in which the outer surface is substantially completely covered with spring-controlled means adapted to cause the same to explode and to project the substance discharged therefrom in all direc" tions.

With the above general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which show the preferred embodiment of the presout invention and to which reference is had herein by like characters designating corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a plan View of the bomb. is a cross-sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of the firing members. Fig. i is a crosssectional view of one of the radially-disposed cartridges. 5 is a similar view showing cartridge of modified construction, and, Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the dish forming either the spacing member or inclosure for the radial cartridges.

Briefly described, the present invention includes concentricallydisposed spherical members, one within the other, with an ex- PlOSll'Q substance carried by the central member and having radiating therefrom cartridges that are adapted to be fired or exploded when the central firing substance is ignited, and to cause the cartridges to be exploded, I have provided spring-controlled the centrally-disposed explosive substance.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, the reference numerals 10, 11 and 12 designate concentrically-dis posed spherical members, one within the other and being equi-distantly spaced, with a detonatire explosive substance 13, adapted to completely fill the inner spherical member 10.

A plurality of cartridge members 1 1 radiate in every direction from the central spherical member and these cartridges pass through the middle spherical member 11,21s clearly shown in Fig. 2.with the outer ends thereof disposed inwardly of the outer spherical member 12. Each cartridge is divided into inner and outer compartments by the disk members 15. the inner compartment containing powder or other explosive designated '16 while the outer compartment is filled with shrapnel or other bullets 17. A closure disk 15 is arranged in the outer end of each of the radial cartridges 14 to hold the shot within the shell.

The mechanism for exploding the gun cotton contained in the inner member 10 includes firing pins 1.5 provided on their inner ends with spear points 19 and carrying on their outer ends disks 20. Alined opens ings are provided in the spherical members 11 and 12 to provide for the passage of the pins 18 and a coil spring21 surrounds these pins and is disposed between the members 11 and 19., the inner end of the spring engaging the member 11 while the outer end of the spring engages a collar 22 carried by the pin. and these springs are adapted to hold the firing members in their outermost position as shown in Fig. 2, so that the disks carried by the outer ends of the pins 18 substantiallv completely inclose the outer spherical member 12.

Fig. 5 shows. a modification of the cartridge 1i and discloses another manner of charging the same with powder and shot,

the interior of the shell 14 being divided into substantially four equal compartments, two of the opposite compartments adapted to contain explosive powder 16 while the two other compartments contain the shot 17.

It is to be noted that the inner spherical member 10 should be constructed of slime thin material that may be easily pierced by the spear points 19 of the firing pins 18, so that when the bomb comes into contact with an object, the outwardly-disposed disks 20 aremoved inwardly against the tension of the springs and the spear points 19 pierce the inner member 10 and'engage the gun cotton 13 to explode the same. This explosion fires the cap 23 of each of the radial cartridges 14 and the powder 16 within the cartridge explodes and projects shot 17 through the outer member 12 in all directions.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I'do not wish to confine myself to the exact de-,

ing from the spirit and scope of the inven-' I tion as claimed.-

What I claim as 'newis:?

l. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of concentrically-disposed spherical members, a detonative explosive' substance carried by the inner member, radialcartridges carried by the inner member and extending through the middle member, with the outer ends terminating short of the outer member, and means carried by the two outer members exteriorly operated and adapted to cause the centrally- 1 disposed substance to explode and fire the cartridges.

2. A device of the class'described comprising concentrically-disposed spherical members, ,an explosive substance carried by the inner member, radial cartridges associated therewith, firing means including radially-disposed pins, operating disks for the pins carriedby the outer ends thereof, and resilient means for holding the pins in a normal outward position, the last-mentioned means further serving" to hold the outer spherical members in resilient spaced relation. 7

3. In a device of the class described, an inner chamber, an outer chamber, an ex.- plosive within the innerchamber, radiallydisposed cartridges carried by the inner chamber and having their outer ends disposed within the outer chamber, firing members each including a pin section, a spear point carried by one end thereof, a diskcarried by the outer end of each pin, a spring engaging said pin and associated. with said casing adapted to hold the pin normally projected outward, said pin adapted to be moved inwardly to cause the spear point thereof to engage and pierce the inner receptacle to explode the contents thereof and subsequently explode the radial cartridges, said springs further serving to hold the walls of the outer chamber in resilient spaced relation.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WASYL T. LAPUK. Witnesses:

IVAN Swznnxo, STEFAN DUMA.

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